Mwingi Central Member of Parliament Joe Mutambu is demanding for Sh100 million compensation and an apology from Wiper Democratic Movement Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka for alleged slander.
The lawmaker has given the former Vice President seven days to comply with his demands following remarks he made at a rally on October 7 in Kitengela town, Kajiado county.
Mutambu says the remarks made by the Cord co-principal were false and malicious and has given him seven days to tender “a letter of an unequivocal apology and retraction.”
“The said statement was made in the presence of a massive crowd of people and was recorded on national television. It was made with the intention of portraying our client as a criminal and a person unfit to hold the position of Mwingi Central MP,” his lawyer Katunga Mbuvi argues in court papers seen by Nairobi news.
MP argues that he is an influential person being an MP and the gravity of the allegations and recording on national TV puts him into disrepute in the public arena.
The lawyer has written and served the demand letter dated October 17 to the Wiper leader demanding the payment of Sh100 million as compensation for maligning and character assassination of Mr Mutambu.